Independent wins Kraków mayoral race in setback for PM Tusk

Independent Łukasz Gibała won Kraków’s mayoral runoff on Sunday, defeating a candidate backed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk and handing Poland’s governing Civic Coalition a setback in the country’s second-largest city. Gibała secured 61% of the vote against 39% for Senator Monika Piątkowska, according to an exit poll published just after polling stations closed at 9 p.m. local time. Turnout was 44.7%; complete results are expected overnight into Monday. The result follows the removal of Mayor Aleksander Miszalski, backed by Civic Coalition, in a May referendum. “The people of Kraków have just regained their city!